linux man page for memset

Query: memset

OS: linux

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MEMSET(3)						     Linux Programmer's Manual							 MEMSET(3)

NAME
memset - fill memory with a constant byte
SYNOPSIS
#include <string.h> void *memset(void *s, int c, size_t n);
DESCRIPTION
The memset() function fills the first n bytes of the memory area pointed to by s with the constant byte c.
RETURN VALUE
The memset() function returns a pointer to the memory area s.
CONFORMING TO
SVr4, 4.3BSD, C89, C99, POSIX.1-2001.
SEE ALSO
bzero(3), swab(3), wmemset(3)
COLOPHON
This page is part of release 3.27 of the Linux man-pages project. A description of the project, and information about reporting bugs, can be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.
GNU
1993-04-11 MEMSET(3)
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